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How to set up your business so you comply with Queensland’s health and safety laws.
If an injury or illness occursThe steps to take—from making sure people are safe to reporting injuries and making a claim.
Getting back to workThe steps involved in starting your recovery and getting you back to work.
Guide to health and safety lawsAn overview of the laws, how they fit together and what they require of employers and workers.
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Farm safety calendar competition
Enter now! Queensland primary school students are encouraged to draw and colour a picture to illustrate a farm safety message. Entries close Friday 23 June 2023.
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Quad bikes are Queensland farming’s biggest killer
More than 50 Queenslanders have been killed using quad bikes since 2011. Our new advertising campaign aims to reduce quad bike deaths and injuries.
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Safe Work Month 2022 and Work Well 365
Register now for events and download resources to help you keep work health, safety and return to work top of mind all year round.
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Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week, celebrated annually in October, promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing and aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Ambassadors
Our safety ambassadors share their stories and increase awareness of the importance of mentally healthy workplaces and work health and safety.
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Work Well Awards 2023
The Work Well Awards (formerly the Safe Work and Return to Work Awards) are now open! This is your chance to recognise and celebrate leadership and innovation in work health and safety, electrical safety and return to work. Start your entry today.
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Contributory negligence found against hospital worker who injured shoulder
A Queensland Supreme Court judge has awarded damages to a hospital worker who injured her shoulder while assisting a co-worker to move a mat...
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Put your safety achievements on show at the 2023 Work Well Awards
Showcase your safety excellence by entering the Work Well Awards 2023 (formerly Safe Work and Return to Work Awards). We want to hear about ...
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Electrical Safety Act to enter a new era as public consultation opens
Queenslanders encouraged to have their say on changes to the Electrical Safety Act.
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Webinar: Understanding premium calculation - ways to reduce premium
Join WorkCover Queensland presenters Juan Danga, Acting Head of Premium and Investments, and Melanie Stojanovic, Head of Small Business, who...
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PErforM workshop
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland is offering free face-to-face workshops to help employers better manage hazardous manual tasks.
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North Queensland Work Well Conference 2023
This one-and-a-half-day event in Townsville focuses on injury prevention, mental health, work health and safety, rehabilitation and return t...
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Two swimming pool drownings and one near drowning
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Worker injured by fallen forklift carriage and tines
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Worker fatally injured by chain
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Worker fatally injured when struck by log
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Worker seriously injured by slicing machine
28 March 2023